Matteblack's sled of broken promises.

[matteblack]

Ha ha. This 2015 Tao Tao ATM50- A1 has been running of and on since I bought it in Feburary '16. When I got it, I immediately swapped the carb out for a 20mm Keihin CVK. Did the "Racing" CDI, "Racing" coil. It ran good for a while then died. Blah blah blah. Swapped the CDI and coil back to stock. Thought it was the stator. Bought the wrong stator (6 coil). Checked all wiring. Added grounds. Then while thinking tuning was off, stripped the spark plug hole while taking the spark plug out for inspection. It also had no spark. Still wasn't running. I then said f'ck it and went all out with mods. Needed to fix the spark plug hole. So I got a 47mm BBK A9 cam Big valve head, 11 pole stator and rectifier, pod filter. Put it all together. No start. Messed around with the wiring and found that the wires going into the plug for the cdi are loose. Jiggled them around and pushed them back in. BOOM. She lives. All that modifiying and the problem was simple. Dammit all.

Anyways. I caught the bug while fixing the typical chinese scooter flaws. So this thread is dedicated to my future mods.

Current mods:

47mm BBK
A9 Cam
Big Valve Head
Oil catch can
11 pole stator with rectifier
Keihin CVK carb with pod filter
Bando CVT belt
Aftermarket grips
Barend mirror

Planned mods:
Hoca, KOSO, or DR Pulley transmission.
Skelleton body
LED tailight turnsignal combo
CREE angel/ devil eyes Dual headlights
LED front signals
Barebones wiring
Upgear
10g or 11g roller weights
Shinko 120 70 10 tires
Stretch and drop.
Drag handlebars
Etc etc etc.

Will update this thread with pics and more.

[matteblack]

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[matteblack]

Reserved just in case...

[arkie]

10 or 11 gram roller weights? what the kind of contra spring do you plan on using? Stock spring I'm using 3.75 the red spring 5.75 and yellow well I haven't quite figured that out yet.

[matteblack]

Jul 14, 2016 22:27:08 GMT -5 arkie said:

10 or 11 gram roller weights? what the kind of contra spring do you plan on using? Stock spring I'm using 3.75 the red spring 5.75 and yellow well I haven't quite figured that out yet.

Im using 2k clutch springs
Forgot to mention that.

[matteblack]

Well, after a long hiatus...
Quite a few things have happened.
The scoot left me stranded 20 miles from home back in July... Thankfully after walking about 3 miles, my wife picked me up. The scoot sat where she died for 2 weeks. It got towed by the city. Went to pick it up. Cost me $1 to get it back, lol.

Well i worked on it enough to limp it home 30 miles... Turns out the bolt for the pickup backed out and the pickup was riding on the flywheel. Luckily I had a spare on me, and I had my tools. Got it running though after a short trip to autozone for a bolt. Fun riding at 25mph with a scoot that barely stayed running. Got her home where she sat in my garage for 2 months. I tinkered around with it to discover the variator was broken. Replaced that with a "DLH High speed" variator off ebay. Still ran like poop. Would not fo over 25. So I gave up and it sat in my garage for a few more months.
Then came thanksgiving weekend. I went through the scoot with the intent to get it running to sell to my brother. So, I fixed every possible thing wrong with it. I dont want to sel my brother a POS. Anyway, drained the tank (sitting for 5 or so months). Fresh gas. Fixed the CDI plug. The (terminology?) sleeve inside the plugs had huge gaps. So I took them out then closed the gaps with a tiny flat head. I went through every plug and did the same.

Then I went to start it. BOOM. Went on a little ride. 35mph. YEAH. I fixed it. It was running rich with a #100 main. Swapped it out for smaller and smaller jets til now Im at #80. She scoots like a dream now. Got her up to 45mph. But she still feels too rich. Its crazy. Im at an #80 main with (see first post) all these mods. My thinking is because I have the stock exhaust, she isn't fully open. So the exhaust is next to change. Im probably gonna do the "Tractor Supply Muffler" because its cheap, fast and quiet. Then i will go up in jets.

Anywho, I will be getting more scooters when I sell this one. Lessons learned.

[gsx600racer]

Dec 2, 2016 16:18:24 GMT -5 matteblack said:

Well, after a long hiatus...
Quite a few things have happened.
The scoot left me stranded 20 miles from home back in July... Thankfully after walking about 3 miles, my wife picked me up. The scoot sat where she died for 2 weeks. It got towed by the city. Went to pick it up. Cost me $1 to get it back, lol.

Well i worked on it enough to limp it home 30 miles... Turns out the bolt for the pickup backed out and the pickup was riding on the flywheel. Luckily I had a spare on me, and I had my tools. Got it running though after a short trip to autozone for a bolt. Fun riding at 25mph with a scoot that barely stayed running. Got her home where she sat in my garage for 2 months. I tinkered around with it to discover the variator was broken. Replaced that with a "DLH High speed" variator off ebay. Still ran like poop. Would not fo over 25. So I gave up and it sat in my garage for a few more months.
Then came thanksgiving weekend. I went through the scoot with the intent to get it running to sell to my brother. So, I fixed every possible thing wrong with it. I dont want to sel my brother a POS. Anyway, drained the tank (sitting for 5 or so months). Fresh gas. Fixed the CDI plug. The (terminology?) sleeve inside the plugs had huge gaps. So I took them out then closed the gaps with a tiny flat head. I went through every plug and did the same.

Then I went to start it. BOOM. Went on a little ride. 35mph. YEAH. I fixed it. It was running rich with a #100 main. Swapped it out for smaller and smaller jets til now Im at #80. She scoots like a dream now. Got her up to 45mph. But she still feels too rich. Its crazy. Im at an #80 main with (see first post) all these mods. My thinking is because I have the stock exhaust, she isn't fully open. So the exhaust is next to change. Im probably gonna do the "Tractor Supply Muffler" because its cheap, fast and quiet. Then i will go up in jets.

Anywho, I will be getting more scooters when I sell this one. Lessons learned.

How is it possible that your scooter sat for two weeks and then got towed. Others here turn their back for a couple minutes and their rides get stolen. You should play the lottery with that kind of luck. 

[matteblack]

Dec 2, 2016 18:00:00 GMT -5 gsx600racer said:

How is it possible that your scooter sat for two weeks and then got towed. Others here turn their back for a couple minutes and their rides get stolen. You should play the lottery with that kind of luck. 

I live in the country. Lol